What Responsibility Is Responsibility is knowing that you are sick (or coming down with something) and making the decision to not come to work, thus sparing everyone at your office the same aching fate that you have suffered. I know a lot of people are "old school: about this and want to come to work come hell or high water, but this is a terrible idea. Any corporation would rather lose one person for a week than get that person for a week just to lose four more down the road.

I bring all this up because my assistant has been sick for the last week and today she STILL came to work. I told her to go home but she refused stating that she didn't have the sick time to cover the days off. That's a lie. She has the time, but she's saving it to use on a vacation down the road. So, assistant, thanks for exposing me to your germs and getting me sick so you can have a good time in South America this fall. I hope you get sick down there.
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